Kathy Reichs

Series: Temperance Brennan Novels

#1 "New York Times "bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with
her sixteenth riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist
Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit
and run in North Carolina triggers an investigation into
international human trafficking.
When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a
desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the
worst. The girl's body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse
police find the ID card of a prominent local businessman,
John-Henry Story, who died in a horrific flea market fire months
earlier. Was the girl an illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she
murdered?
The medical examiner has also asked Tempe to examine a bundle of
Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm
veteran named Dominick Rockett stands accused of smuggling the
objects into the country. Could there be some connection between
the trafficking of antiquitiesand the trafficking of humans?
As the case deepens, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil.
Her daughter Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in
Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the Army. As pressure mounts
from all corners, Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a
conspiracy that extends all the way from South America, to
Afghanistan, and right to the center of Charlotte. "A genius at
building suspense" ("Daily News," New York), Kathy Reichs is at her
brilliant best in this thrilling novel.